ماضی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ماضی (māzī), from Arabic مَاضِي (māḍī).

Cognate with Gujarati માજી (mājī), Kannada ಮಾಜಿ (māji), Marathi माजी (mājī), Telugu మాజీ- (mājī-).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ماضی • (māzī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling माज़ी)

  1. past

Noun

ماضی • (māzī) m (Hindi spelling माज़ी)

  1. the past
  2. (grammar) The past tense
    Antonym: مُسْتَقْبِل (mustaqbil)

Declension

Declension of ماضی
singular plural
direct ماضی (māzī) ماضی (māzī)
oblique ماضی (māzī) ماضِیوں (māziyõ)
vocative ماضی (māzī) ماضِیو (māziyo)

References

  • “ماضی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “ماضی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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